Comment Comment by _getify In JS: -0 + 0; // 0 -0 + (-0); // -0 -0 - 0; // -0 I claim that the `-0 + 0` case is the strange inconsistent one, so that's the reason for my WTF label.----Consider the counter-argument, that it's intuitive/correct because in math `X + (-X) = 0`: 3 + (-3); // 0 -3 + (3); // 0 -0 + (0); // 0 0 + (-0); // 0 It's true that this characteristic by itself is preserved, but where it falls apart: X + (-X) = 0 // --> X = 0 - (-X) // --> X = 0 + X That final statement should be true for all X, but as demonstrated above, it's not true for -0. parent _getify 7 years ago
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Consider the counter-argument, that it's intuitive/correct because in math `X + (-X) = 0`:
It's true that this characteristic by itself is preserved, but where it falls apart: That final statement should be true for all X, but as demonstrated above, it's not true for -0.